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After three+ hours of testimony in City Council chambers overflowing more than 250 attendees last night, the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) voted 6-0 to deny the Whitehall development application by MidCity Partners and local developer Sam Levin. The development proposal asked for special zoning...

OPINION Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette November 9, 2017 Last spring, more than 400 people showed up at a meeting to help design a future for Lady’s Island. Out of this meeting and nine subsequent small group mapping sessions emerged “Five Principles for Future...

November 7, 2017 WHITEHALL HEARING NOW ON FOR MONDAY NOV. 13 City of Beaufort Planning Director Libby Anderson has confirmed a special Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) meeting is scheduled for Nov. 13 to consider the proposal for development at Whitehall Plantation. The...

Trees are special in Beaufort County. People move here because of the trees, for the special quality they lend to the landscape and the lifestyle. And many stay in large part, because of the trees (and the rivers and creeks, and the marshes,...

October 30, 2017 NEW PARKERS ON ST. HELENA As anticipated, Parker’s convenience stores has acquired the former Sunoco station site on Sea Island Parkway in St. Helena, and has made application with the County to build a new Parker’s at the location....

Dear Sea Island Coalition Supporter – First of all, thanks to the 150 of you who turned out for the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) meeting on Whitehall Oct. 16. It’s not over, and as we demonstrated, developers, public officials, and planners sit...